Another Kashmiri Man Assaulted, Forced to Chant Vande Mataram in Haryana

Another Kashmiri man assaulted, forced to chant Vande Mataram in Haryana

Barely a week after a 28-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller was assaulted and intimidated in Uttarakhand, another young man in Haryana’s Fatehabad was forced to chant “Vande Mataram.” A video of the incident has surfaced on social media showing a local man holding the Kashmiri vendor by the collar and asking him to say “Vande Mataram” in a threatening tone. When the man refused, he was subjected to humiliating and degrading treatment. In Fatehabad,…

Himachal Haryana, racial harassment and attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers rage on

There is a rise in cases of harassment, assault, and threats against Kashmiri shawl sellers in both Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh and BJP-ruled Haryana as reported by wide sections of the media. In fact, a recent attack on a shawl seller in the Ghumarwin area of Bilaspur district of HP by right-wing groups makes it the 17th such incident that occurred in Himachal Pradesh this year according to the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) …